Coal Export
Owing to the strike the only coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for interstate ports was 320 tons for Victoria, and 130 tons for Queensland, bunkers in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1917
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Coal Volunteers. Work on Transports
SYDNEY, Monday.— There was a great rush of volunteers to-day to coal the Australian transports and cargo steamers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Fuller's Criticism. "Coal Will Be Got." Sydney
A meeting of the Cabinet was held yesterday, at which the position was discussed. "I should like," said Mr. Fuller, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Sydney Letter. in the Way of Reflection.—the Sydney Ferries.—even the Clergy Respond.—the Price of Silver.—a Possible Mining Boom.—where Does the Deficit Lie? Sydney
One of the most impressive things in our common life to-day, when so many appear to be either talking or writing all the time, is the dead silence which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aggregate Meetings. Miners' Determined Stand
Aggregate meetings of the miners connected with the Colliery Employees' Federation were held yesterday at Greta, Cessnock, and Weston. These in each…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transports' Coal. Volunteers at Work
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Volunteers for the coaling of transports commenced work this morning. Arrangements have been made by the authorities to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Meetings. Adamstown Gathering. Mr. Baddeley's Emphasis
An aggregate meeting of the district miners was held at the Kitchener Hall , Adamstown, this morning and left no room for doubt as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loading Coal. 1,000 Tons a Day
Coal is being loaded into the railway waggons at Port Waratah by means of a steam shovel, which is capable of lifting a ton into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Recruiting Train. Notes on the Tour. Visit to the Mines
The recruiting train arrived at west Maitland on Sunday morning at nine o'clock from Newcastle. Mr. Buckle to (manager) explained to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Stand Firm New State Proclamation More Country Volunteers Newcastle Position. Marking Time. Trades Hall Quiet
Matters have not moved to-day materially toward a settlement of the present trouble. There was not such a large attendance of men at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Miners. Demonstration at Maitland
A large number of miners from Kurri Kurri headed by the local bond, marched into Maitland at about 1.30 o'clock this afternoon. Miners from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attitude of Miners. Aggregate Meetings
Further aggregate meeting of the members of the Colliery Employees' Federation were held yesterday, these being confined to the Newcastle end of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Control of Coal. Melbourne
In connection with the decision that the Navy Department should control all coal available, a proclamation was issued this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woollen Mills. Shortage of Coal
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The shortage of coal is affecting the woollen mills…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Reports. Food and Coal. Dependent on Ships
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Trains are bringing large food supplies to the city, and steamers are being employed to bring coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Artificial Coal. Would Sell at £1 a Ton
In contrast with the 20,000,000 years which nature takes to produce coal, a process by which coal slack, coke dust, sawdust, and household ashes can be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Miners' Delegate. Labour to Reconsider
LONDON, Wednesday.—A private meeting of the British Miners' Federation reversed the previous decision in favour of the Stockholm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Not Burning. a Rumour Denied
Inquiry from the Newcastle office of the Abermain Colliery Company, this afternoon, [?] an emphatic denial of a rummer in circulation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Reports. Mines Taken Over. State Proclamation
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The miners having failed to resume work, the Government has issued a proclamation commandeering the coal mines, so…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Old Mining Identity Howell's Grand Old Man
A Howell correspondent writes : — The death on August 7. of Mr. George Skippen removes one of the oldest residents of the district. He had…
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